Bill Russell

I suppose no matter who the opponent is, LeBron James is playing against Michael Jordan. Maybe that's as good an explanation as any for why James has been the Bulls' personal pothole in the playoff pavement. Or maybe it is just that the teams the Bulls send against him are invariably made up of scarecrows, vagrants and outpatients, coached by a cipher. No matter, the James salvation tour continues, and the Bulls are left to ponder whether to blow up or throw up. James can continue to work on his resume for being better than the best there ever was. And when will that be? When he gets six titles, as he once implied would come with his bolt to Miami? When he wins in Cleveland,...

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